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semitatsama

semitatsama is the alternative spelling of semi-tatsama.

Meaning of semi-tatsama

Noun

semi-tatsama (plural semi-tatsamas)

  1. (Indo-Aryan-linguistics) A semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit.
    • It will be interesting to note how persistent is the Prakritic or MIA. system of phonetics in NIA., in giving a tadbhava look to recently introduced tatsama words, in pronunciation, and turning them into semi-tatsamas going very close to tadbhavas, actually existing or possible,—although the...1926, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, page 200

Forms of semitatsama

pluralsemitatsamas

Questions about semitatsama

What is semitatsama the alternative spelling of?
Semitatsama is the alternative spelling of semi-tatsama.

Words near semitatsama in the dictionary

  1. semitar
  2. semitarian
  3. semitarians
  4. semitars
  5. semitasteful
  6. semitatsama
  7. semitatsamas
  8. semitauonic
  9. semitaur
  10. semitaurs
  11. Semite

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